7 Kingdom was pleasantly surprised when Camilla gave him Sage’s contact info, although he frowned when Camilla went into a speech on how Sage didn’t need any extra grief. “Fun only,” she said. “No heartache, got me?” Heartache? What the f**k? It was a heads-up to respect Sage. Message received—proceed with caution. If he wasn’t a selfish bastard, he’d leave well enough alone, but that was currently out of the question. Although it had started out as pure l**t, learning about Sage’s fragility had triggered a surge of unexpected tenderness inside his chest and brought out his protective side. He rubbed his aching tat. It had taken a marathon session of massive proportions, but Angel had finally finished the damned thing. Kingdom decided to bide his time for close to a week before showing